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(IDll •essiii; fN HIS KfNGDOM. ILLINOIS STATE NEWS OCCURRENCES DURINp THE PAST WEEK. <£ mol aot free came trembling through the night, ^ And stood, all naked, in the judgment light, • . - ••Alas," she cried, "so pressed" with life was I No space I found to teach me how to die. XJnshriven I came; I was so full of care No time had I for penance or for prayer. I dwelt where men were in such evil *•' case, Their woeful eyes still held me to my place. . ,.r Nor did I heed my garments' fret and ,tRetain, If BO I might a little ease their pain. [And scarce my thought from haunting care could stay (To say at"morn, 'Ah, Lord! another day.' ®ut flying still, and followed by fear. '3 loved and toiled, and waked to find me here." . , .Then round the naked soul the judgment light Grew, like a lily's bloom, to garments white; 'Arid a new dawn t>f rapture and surprise Slione through" the doubt and sorrow, of. . '• her eyes, . . 'As a voice whispered, "Since thou didst . -. not fear -.v .* To drink my cup on earth, come share. . it, here!" And gazing on a-face, nnkno^vn till, now. She cried; •exultingly, "Master, is it thou i' --Independent. • , - „ SERGEANT STONE. The soldiers of Troop B wondered What was the matter with Sergeant Stone. Fo the last three months he had been moping. He would seek out-of-the-way corners and sit with his chin resting. In the palm of his hand, his eyes star­ ing vacantly at space. He eared noth­ ing for the society of the rest of the soldiers of the fort. Even those who tried to be friendly had their advances rudely repulsed. "Oi know wot's th' matther," remark­ ed Private Finnerty to a crowd of idlers on the barracks gallery one night. "The ibye's in love, an" his gal has gone ba k on 'im. Tliot's it." And the crowd agreed thatsuch was the case. The long, hot August days dragged their weary length slowly along. Each morning the. sun arose In exactly the same spot and passed. overhead like some white-hot brr.zen ball, casting its rays pitilessly down'on the fort situated In the midst of the dreary New Mexico desert All around was sand, sand, nothing but a yellow waste of gray rock and shifting sand, relieved here and there by withered tufts of buffalo grass. Not a tree in sight, not a hill or & mountain!--only that monotonous plain and the same unchanging pros­ pect. The heat«was intolerable; it radi­ ated from everything--a dry, scorching, burning heat. , , Sergeant Stone was a mystery to the rest of the garrison. He had been at the fort for nearly a year, having been 6ent from one of the recruiting stations in the north, and further than that no one knew. That he was a gentleman by birth and breeding was evident. He .was rather tall and had a fine head set well upon a pair of square, manly shoulders. From under an overhanging brow his eyes, big black ones, shone, sometimes with a baleful light that be­ trayed a devil incarnate in his soul; again they were dreamy and had a far­ away look in them, but always an ex­ pression of mute shuffering. His mouth was finely chiseled, and his teeth were small and even. But his chin denoted weakness. He might have been any­ where between 25 and 30 years of age. < He took his place in the ranks, and by strict attention to duty was promot­ ed to corporal. The one time the troop was in the field since he was with them Le fought with such a savage delight that his comrades wondered if he had a private grudge against the Apaches. Two of the redskins were in the act of scalping Private Finnerty, when a well- directed bullet from Stone's carbine sent one of them to the happy hunting grounds, and a chance shot from his re­ volver disabled the other. For this he was made sergeant. In response for s profuse expessions of grati- he merely growled: "I wish it had been me instead of you no one intefered." Seldom did he enter Into conversation with the other soldiers. He was quie.t and very morose. He had been moping all summer. He performed his duties In a mechanical sort of way, and when they were finished he sought solitude again. The advances of his comrades were met with a chilly demeano^ that very effectually checked them, and Ser­ geant Stone became very .unpopular and was left severely alone. "I'll tell you what I think," said Pri­ vate Wilkins, who was from "down East" somewhere; "I think he is one of these fine Southern gentlemen who 3ias joined the army and got sick of it. I'm sorry we ain't g<*od enough for his nibs to associate with." "You kape that hole in your face shut, will you?" remarked Finnerty in a threatening tone. "Oi won't hov any­ body run 'im down behoind 'is back. Th' bye ain't stuck up; he's in trouble, an' Oi'll lick th' mon thot says he is stuck up." And Private Finnerty stalked off with great dignity to the post canteen. But Wilkins had unconsciously"spoken the truth, partly. And so matters went on from day to day. The dreary monotony of scenery, the unchanging sameness of each day to the other, and the routine of garrison life seemed to bear hardly upon Ser­ geant Stone. He became more restless, more sullen and morose. No letters --came to him, and he wrote none. He He would carry her books for her and protect her from other boy§ when they attempted to tease her. And they had always said that when they grew up they would be married. But he fell into bad ways. Idletiesls, money to spend,* and bad associates had nearly ruined him, and now he was 25 years of •tge and had n&ver worked a day in his life. _ - < ' She promised to marry him if he would go away and make something of himself. 'She despised an idle man, she said, and she. gave him two years to do it in. And he was not "to write to her unless lie achieved success. v--- "Will you be. true, dearest?" he asked. "As true as steel. It, is my love, for you that make's me impose these condi­ tions on you. I want the man I niarry to be something more than a mere drone: I want you. my love, to be look­ ed up to and respected. I want you to go out in the world and wrest from it the living it owes and make your own way alone aiul unaided, for the man who cannot take care of himself is not worthy to" have a wife to care for." "Well, so be it." answered lie. "I leave toinorqwaud 1 won't come back until I- have achieved something, until. I have t;he respect of my fellow:men and your confidence. I "will succeed or die trying. Will you wait for m^?" "I have promised," she answered. . "Won't you. sing just, pile .more'song for me. before I go?" he asked. . "YeS, I will j listen," she said." and she picked'up a guitar; and, touching the strings softly, caressingly, sang in a sweet, clear voice: . Say "Au reVo.tr," but hot "Good-by," LoVe liveth still;-love cannot die. As she finished, a mocking-bird, wak­ ened perhaps by the music and moon­ light, began to pour forth its soul in melody from the recesses of a moss- hung live oak. "That is a bad omen, the negroes say--to hear a mocking-bird sing at night," said Adele. He took no notice of the remark, but asked slowly: "Will you be true?" She looked at him a moment, and an­ swered: "Love cannot die." And again the mocking-bird sang from the moss-hung tree. And that was three years ago. He, true to the agreement, had struggled manfully, for a while, to make his way and earn his reward. But he was weak in perseverance. He tried almost every­ thing, and gradually sank lower and lower. At last, half-crazed with drink, he enlisted in the army, and was sent to the plains of New Mexico. The playt-r began to sing in a fresh, girlish voice: Say "Ati revoir," but not "Good-by;" Love liveth still; love cannot die. He drew nearer, nearer, and the voice Went on: 'Tw<?re better far had we not met; ~-^L loved you then--I love you yet. Stone stood as one suddenly bereft of his senses. Iii the moonlight he saw a face lie had not laid eyefe upon for three long, .dreary years; a face that he had hoped to see soon. And this was the end of it all. Still the voice went on with the lying words of that song. "Adele, dear, I wish you would sing something else; I never Liked- that song." And the Major smiled at his wife. A figure in a dark blue uniform stood and listened as if spellbound. When the song was finished Stone sluiik stag­ gering across the parade ground until he came to the barracks. He entered and climbed wearily up the steps. A few moments later the clear notes of "taps" rang across the sandy waste. "Eights out," it meant. As the last note died in the distance •thieve-was a smothered report from the bar.aeks, and a sound of running to and fro. .' • .. 1 A soldier ran across the parade ground and up the steps of the Major's house. •"What's the matter?" asked he. "Sergeant Stone, has killed himself." answered the - soldier.- iele, ' . Australian Ballot Involved In an Flection'Contest--Citizens Trying to Locate Perpetr.atbrs of Flag Out­ rages-- Katulolph Teachers Organize. was a complete mystery. Three years before he had left his home in a Southern State with the in­ tention of making something of him 6elf. And this was the outcome. A ser geant under an assumed name in the 'regular army, with $15 a month pay And Adele--what if she knew? The last time they met it was a moonlight ' nighfc. They sat on the wide gallery surrounding her home. The harvest moon poured a flood of silver light about them, as they talked long and earnestly of the future. They had been sweethearts ever since they were chil­ dren. The two places were-adjoining, and they used to go to school together. As he sat with his chin in his hands he looked across the waste sand and pondered over his past. Too proud to go back and acknowledge himself whipped in the battle of life, lie did not know what to do. An intense yearning to see Adele once more took possession of him. "I'll write to her to-morrowhe thought, "and I'll get a furlough and go home for a while. My God, but I must see her! I'll go crazy in this devil's country if I don't." The garrison had never seemed so hot and stuffy to him before. The hot yel­ low sand had never seemed so monot­ onous and blank, and life in the garri­ son had never been so abhorrent as it was then. He dreamily looked out of the window and whistled softly: Say "Au revoir," but not "Good-by." Not a doubt entered his mind but that Adele was true. "I can talk her over if she is still ob­ stinate." thought'he, "and I can buy my discharge. Then we will get married and live at the old place. She will at least give me credit for having done my best. Yes. I think I will go home." His reveries were rudely disturbed by the sound of Private Finnerty's voice right under the window, saying: "Shure, an' th' new major hov come ter take command iv us.. He's been at a posht down South, ho,vin' a foine aisy toiuie av it. He's fetched his woife wid 'im, too. Dom me, but she's as pretty as a spotted purp. An' she's got th' pret­ tiest pair iv blue eyes that Oi iver saw. Oh. she's swate, sure." Sergeant Stone moved away from the window, still whistling softly. Lie was thinking of Adele--of home. He could see her sitting in the moonlight play" ing and singing. He could almost hear the wind as it rustled softly through the magnolia leaves or murmured sad­ ly through the long festoons of Spanish moss. He thought of all the haunts of his boyish days and of his mother sleep­ ing peacefully beneath the cedars in the lonely little burying ground on the hill. He remembered the path that he and Adele followed when they were chil­ dren, and went to school together. He wondered if she had changed, and if she loved him as much as ever. The idea that she would cease loving him never«enter?d his mind. She had said that she would always care for him, and that left not a doubt for him. He spoke pleasantly to one of the sol­ diers who passed by, and that individu­ al was so surprised that he could only stare. 'Something's a-going to happen," he said to the gang loafing about the can­ teen a few minutes later. "Stone's got civil all of a sudden." And they mar­ veled greatly thereat. Stone wrote out his application for a furlough and got it indorsed by his captain, and then by the post com­ mander. and late that afternoon he was informed that his leave was granted. . He was happy; He went about whis­ tling and singing. He was going home and to Adele. After supper he had an­ other attack of despondency. His soul was filled with doubts and fears, and a horrible dread was gnawing at his heart. Suppose she " IVit his heart would never allow him to finish the question. "She. will be true," it said. The may rose in his full grandeur, and th? mellow radiance.silvered every­ thing, toning down the rough prospects, until it seemed as though the path to an enchanted land was opened to him. "Three years ago to-night since I saw Adele," he murmured to himself. "Well, it won't be long till I see'her again." It was growing late, and "taps" would soon sound. He went ®ut for one last "walk around the parade ground, and as he neared the Major's house the, distant"tinkle of a guitar at­ tracted his attention. "The Major's wife mupt be musical," •he mused. Then he remembered that he had been told that the Major had been married only a few months. He drew nearer to the house and listened. ,..'•' Good for the Mayor. : The sad story lately told, in the Yov tli's CoAipanjon of a newsboy who h: . t !i:s liffi as the result of a "practical jt^e. fSftTc\'il!od, reminds a correspon­ dent of an incident that took place a few years ago in a city of Tennessee. A poor little girl was peddling apples in a railway station. A train was about starting, and almost at the last moment a tall, ruffianly passenger slopped off the car steps and called foi fir.eezi cents' worth of the apples. The girl counted them out, the man took tlieui, and then, as he moved toward the car, began feeling in his pocket as if for the money. The change was not forthcoming, he was on the steps, the train began to move, the girl ran eager­ ly after it, and there stood the man on the platform laughing at her. By good luck the mayor of the city happened to be among the bystanders --a war veteran,with a tender heart and a contempt for all meanness. He ran at once to the superintendent's office, and said: "I'll give you a hundred dollars to stop that train and have it backed into tlie station." The offer was promptly accepted, a telegram was dispatched, and very soon the player of the joke found himself in the hands of the police. He paid the girl her fifteen cents, of course, and of­ fered to pay her a good deal more; but the officers were irexorable, and to the gratification of the lookers-on he was marched off to jaiL A New Reading Circle. The growing -abundance of literature is making it more and mure difficult to select and to read with profit. Long ago admir­ able-reading courses were devised which served a double purpose--'subjects and books were selected after a true educa­ tional plan and studies- were helpfully directed. Often these courses were long and expensive, preventing people -of "small leisure and means for reading from ac­ cepting their good' offices. Nearly two years ago a company of literary people devised the Bay View Reading Circle, to serve where the others had Hilled, and its short and low-priced course has become very popular. This year the circle makes a specialty of England and astronomy. The, course requires an average of^ less than half an hour daily, and the books, which may be bought anywhere, cost but $3. It is possible, for every place to have it circle, ; Descriptive circulars" of the course and telling how to organize, can always- be procured from the central Chicago Chron- I office,.which is located at Flint, Mich. •'] Illinois Normal School. * Gov; Altgeld's views about ornamental architecture are expressed in the accom­ panying'illustration o.f' the Eastern Illi­ nois Normal School at Charleston, which" represents this magnificent structure in the .revised design adopted for construc­ tion. The main features of the original design, the Romanesque style of archi- The ComJmt l^espens. As told recently, the young men of Edmeston formed an "anti-bloomer brigade," pledging themselves not to associate with any girls who wore the prevailing cycling costume. This move­ ment aroused the indignation of the young women, who now propose to demonstrate their independence by re­ fusing to associate with young men who will not pledge themselves to ever abandon certain practices. They call their society the "True Reform Club," and fifteen have already subscribed to the following-pledge: "1 hereby/ pledge myself not to as­ sociate with any young man who uses intoxicating drinks of any kind, tobacco in any form, attends horse races or en­ gages in games of chance, and I fur thermore promise by all honorable means in my power to discountenance such indulgences and practices in the community where I reside." Several members of the novel club are devdtees of the wheel and to the bloomer costume,, while others care nothing for the sport, but are anxious to show the young men that, in their opinions, true reform should aim at something more important than the style of one's attirs.-^-Utica Llerald. Michael 'Pagan, a prominent farmer,! was probably fataliy crushed nit Itock- ford while .attempting to drive a loaded wagon under an arch at a mill. The steamer Belle of Calhoun sunk a big barge freighted with 3,000 barrels of apples at Clifton Terrace, six miles above Alton. The total cargo is probably lost.! Mrs. U. J. Smith, of Polo, was burned to, death while attempting to kindle a tire with a baby in her arms. Sparks flew out of the stove setting fire to her dress.' She quickly .laid the child down, and ran into the open air, where the flames7\vere fanned by a strong breeze. She lived only a short time after the accident. Shej leaves a husband and ten children. The members of the First Congre­ gational Church of Rockford have startedj a crusade against the postoffice being kept; open for the delivery of mail on Sunday.i Resolutions have been parsed asking the co-operation .of the other churches in, a petition to the Postmaster Geheral re­ questing that it be closed. The action was brought about by the announcement! that the new Federal building would be' thrown open for public inspection Sunday. The'month of October was a record- breaker'at the Joliet works of the Illi­ nois Steel' Company. The month's output in all the departments was the largest in the history of the company.or of*any oth­ er, steel mills in the world. The rod mill turned out' 7,400 tons of, steel, surpassing all previous amounts by.500 tons.; In the steel mill 34,000 tons of material were wbrked . u[), and the billet .mill produced 29,000 tons. The hulls are running full time and there are about .2,500 names on, the pay roll- The October pay roll footed up over $135,000., - ..." "* A new scheme, by which-a burgiar can walk boldly up to the front door of.a Chi­ cago nfsidtnce at any time of the day or night; is now being practiced by the city's housebreaking fraternity. The enterpris­ ing-criminal provides himself with a phy­ sician's or surgeon's satchel,' and if he is EASTERN ILLINOIS NORMAL SCHOOL AT CHARLESTON. teeture, by W. N. Bowman, of Paris, 111., are of course retained. They have been amplified by the castellated features of battlements and turrets. The building will be 340 feet long and 00 feet deep, two, three and seven stories high,' with 139 feet high for the -tower surmounting the main entrance in the central part of the structure. The exterior will be throughout in buff-colored sandstone, quarried two miles front Charleston, or­ namented with white sandstone trim­ mings. The main features of the interior S'KKJECTKD PLAN. "Only Direct Liine." "I suppose," he began, as be entered a railroad ticket office, "I suppose you sell tickets to New York?" "Certainly, sir," was the reply. "You have a direct line?" "We have, sir." "It is the only direct line?" "It is." "It is down on the map as the only direct line?" "As you see, sir," replied the ftgent, as i:e opened a folder. "l'-e-s, I see. You land passengers in New York ahead of all competing line.-?, of course?" "Of course." "Luxurious coaches, no dust, finest dining cars, scenery unexcelled?" "Ye;-, sir." "By taking your line I avoid delays and reduce the chances of accident to the minimum?" "Yes, sir; you do. Have a ticket to New York over our line, sir?" "Can't say yet. I'm going to see five other agents, each with the shortest and most direct line, and if I can find a liar among the six I'll take a ticket over his road."--Detroit Free Press. will be an assembly hall. 70 by 130 feet of floor space; faculty offices, chemical, bio­ logical and physical laboratories, museum and twenty-two classrooms. The cost of the structure will be about $175,000. Contracts will be let at once, and work has to be completed by Sept. 1 of next year. Supreme Cour t Sus ta ins Orr . Opinions were tiled at Springfield by the Supreme Court in a number of cases. One of these involved the Australian bal­ lot to some extent. Robert W. Orr and Nina S. White were candidates for su­ perintendent of schools in Christian Coun­ ty. The canvassing board awarded the office to Orr, and the decision of the board was sustained by the County Court. Norman N. Parker filed a petition for a recount, and Orr was found to have a majority of one. Parker appealed, and the contest in the Supreme Court was as to the validity of certain ballots* Parker claiming them to he defective and Orr contending that they should be counted for him. Parker's counsel insisted that the law requiring a cross to be made in the square on the ballot opposite, the name wf the person to be voted for w as manda­ tory. and that the ballots not thus mark­ ed could not be counted. The contention of counsel for"Orr was that the provision of the law in question was directory sim­ ply, and that ballots marked in any way so as to clearly indicate the intention of the voter, if regular in other respects, and which did not destroy the secrecy of the ballot, were valid and should be count­ ed. This contention w as sustained by the Supreme Court, which held that the clear­ ly expressed intention of the voter when duly ascertained must prevail. Searching for a Famous Stone. It is reported in Mexico that Antonio Garcia Cubas has every reason to be­ lieve from data in his possession that the famous gladiatorial stone is buried a few meters below the surface in front of the main enterance to the national palace. Mr. Cubas has already solicit­ ed permission to take up the pavement and make a search for this interesting archaeological relic, and it is expected that within the next few days some satisfactory result pf his search may be given to the public. Mr. flCubas will make every effort to discover the object of his search before Oct. 20, on which date, according to the president's mes­ sage, is the meeting in the City of Mex­ ico of the congress of Americanistas. I f Cubas does not find the stone he is after he may be able to dig up the gladia­ torial stone which David slung in his sling at the giant. It wjll go. and We wish we were a woman, could become deliriously happy by put­ ting on our best clothes, and raving over hats at millinery openings. If you can bear all your1%iall trials yem will never break down under your gteat ones.,; -- 1 « v " „ Schools and Colleges. The teachers of Randolph County met in convention at Percy Saturday and or­ ganized an association known as the Ran­ dolph County Teachers' Association, the objects and purposes of which are to pro­ mote sociability and the welfaie of the ieachers of the county and the promotion jyid mutual improvement of the county schools. The officers elected were: Prof. Niekles, Sparta. President; E. A. Mc­ Millan. Coulterville, Fii'st Vice President: Miss Tillie Oarlyle, Coulterville, Second Vice President: Miss Henrietta B. Rao, Chester. Secretary: Iv. S. Elliot, Redbud, Treasurer. The first meeting of the asso­ ciation will be held in Coulterville, the time to be decided upon by the Executive Committee. State News in Brief. Supt. Fogeler held a teachers' insti­ tute at Ramsey. There was a large at­ tendance and a very interesting program, which was well rendered. Just at the moment when the earth was rumbling and affrighted citizens of Gold­ en were endeavoring to maintain their position's' in beds swayed by the earth­ quake, enterprising burglars applied the match to a fuse and blew a safe in a gen­ eral store, thus profiting by the general noise and confusion. Several persons heard the muffled sound of the explosion, but attributed it to the earthquake. Charles Cahill, of Freeport, has begun suit at Galena against the Illinois Cen­ tral Railway Company for $10,000 dam­ ages for the loss of his left hand while in the company's service. It never rains but it pours where Mr. John D. Rockefeller lives. In addition to all his former munificence he will pre­ sent to the University of Chicago on Jan. 1,1890, the cash sum of $1,000,000. Be­ sides this lie tenders to the university the offer of $2,000,000 more conditional upon the university's raising $2,000,000 by Jan. 1,1900. Installments of this sum mean­ while will be paid at any time -before the abovcrfdate when the university raises a like amount. „ « reasonably well dressed he can easily es-| cape the suspicions of watchful citizens) or officers, particularly if he is enooun-i tered during t lie housebreaker's favorite hours,.from 3 to 5 a. m. Grace Riser, of Galesburg, was sen-1 fenced to the Home for Juvenile Offend-; ers at Geneva on four indictments re­ turned against her for horse stealing. She- is but 10-years of age and accompanied] her husband, Benjamin Riser, on a tour' of horse stealing. They started front Galesburg and passed through El Paso, Chillieothe, Henry and Peoria and stole: four horses and two buggies. Her hus­ band was sentenced to the penitentiary. Gov. Altgeld issued a requisition on the Governor of Ohio, for the return of Frank Gaul try.- The case is. of interest because it involves the indeterminate sen­ tence and parole system. Gaultry was Sent to the State reformatory in March, lS94, for burglary and was released on parole Sept. 21 of the same year, being given employment by James ltfiwan, of 3834 Armour avenue, Chicago. He broke his parole and left the State, thus becom­ ing a delinquent, and information conn^ to the institution that he is now serving a thirty days' sentence in the city prison! at Columbus for fill-tapping. Under the! law he will be returned to the re form a-i {.orv to serve until such time as the boardj may find him worthy of being again re­ leased. A series of outrages on the American flag has been the order in Peoria County; tlie past two weeks. In the southwest-' ern part of the county a flag w as hauled, down from one of the district school- houses and on its being raised the next; night some one fired a charge of shot) through it. tearing it. in shreds. At Lawuj Ridge a flag was lowered twice and the; rope cut and knotted. In the eastern; part of the county a flag was readjusted! on the ropes 'with the stars down and then pulled up again. Other outrages of a similar nature in other parts of the county have been reported to the County Superintendent of Schools. The residents are aroused, and if any of the guilty par­ ties are detected it would not go well with them. Every effort is being made to sift the matter to the bottom in the hope of finding who the guilty ones are. For several weeks the women of Rock- ford who chanced to be out in the even­ ing have been greatly frightened by a Jaek-the-Hugger, whom the police long were unable to locate, because the scene of his operations was shifted so often. But Jack was" caught the other night by officers just after he had embraced a well-known woman, and the hugger turn­ ed out to be John Ilaggerty, a well-known gentleman of the South Side. He is nearly 00 years of age. He had not been suspected. The Dunham Towing and Wreckingl Company, of Chicago, has filed a petition) in the United States District Court ask-i ing for authority to turn over to the fami-j lies of the men killed, and for the benefitj of those injured, and the damage toj buildings caused, by the explosion of the tug T. T. Morford, the wreck of the boat, which is even asserted by the company to be worthless. The petition is based upon the statute of the United States lim­ iting the liability of the.owner of a vessel in the case of the loss of freight or de­ struction of same to the amount of the' value of the freight and of the value of the boat. The language of the petition in­ dicates, attorneys say, that the Dunham company expects the statutes to be con­ strued as tu limiting the liability for the loss of life and damage from personal injuries and to the property of others to the value of the remains of the tug. SPEECH OF THE CAT. Favor -> the Theory That Cats Can Converse. 1 flieories of articulate language In animal kingdom are advanced every day. Some of them are serious, like Professor Garner's notion of an intelli­ gible speech of apeis; but tlie most inter­ esting are .those" which treat of the mat­ ter in a half humorous way which does not tax the credulity too far. Such a one is the theory of the feline tongue, exploited by the blind author, Marvin ClarK, in liis littlo booi? on ^Puss^ ?md Her Language." He declares that the "smpotli and liquid passages" in our poets, which express onomatopoeia, are but echoes from that most beautiful of all languages, that of the cat." The one most like It among human tongues, he says, is the Chinese, the sounds in each being musical, nieJlifluous and pleasing to the senses. As in tliei Chi­ nese, too, words in the cat's language have various meanings, according to the inflections of the voice. The num­ ber of words is very groat, but the author has made up no complete lexi­ con of them as yet. Tlie following sev­ enteen, says a writer in tlie Buffalo Commercial, are tlie1 most important and frequent in the conversation whieu cats struggle to carry on with'mem­ bers of the' household: Aelio mean's food; lae, milk; parriere, open; aliloo, water; bl, meat; ptlee-bl, mouse meat; bleeme-be, cooked meat; pad| foot;-bo, head; pro, nail or claw'; tut, limb; pa- poo,, body; oolie, fur; mi-ouw, beware; burrieu,'satisfaction or coht'ent; yiaou, extermination; mi-youiv, here. Of prim­ itive words, it is believed, there are hot more-than 000 in the cat tongue, i^pd many of these are obscure, for the cat relies greatly upon signs for mak­ ing its meaniug clear to those who have neglected a study of its articulate speech. Thus, the last w foregoing list is used by a mati in calling her family together, will continue to use it while them. "But the meaning of the word is never so well understood by kittens as when uttered in a sharp tone and re­ peated a number of times, more as an explosive than otherwise, for it is a warning of danger and a call for instant action from tne mother cat, who is im­ perious in her demands for obedience." Then, there is the word "mi-youw," which is varied to "vow-teiouw-yow- tiow, wow-you-ts-s-syow!" ending in an explosion. The author believes that the word thus uttered signifies both defi­ ance and a curse "and conies so near to bold, bad swearing" that he refrains from giving the English of it. There may be skeptical persons who will ridicule this theory, but we should say that it was just as reasonable as Professor Garner's, while the language of the eat sounds far more articulate and significant of design than the squeaky vocabulary which he brought home from the gorilla land. One thing Is certain, the means for carrying on Investigations in the interesting field of. feline language are available in almost every household, and to obtain the de­ sired conversations from which a vol­ uminous treatise upon it can be written it is not necessary to go to Africa and remain for six months "shut up in a cage in the heart of tlie forest. On His Dignity. A little while ago I was introduced to an officer of the United States army quartered at Fort Schuyler. He is a surgeon, and though his rank was men­ tioned at the time, I could not remem­ ber anything but "Doctor," and while wg were together I addressed his as "Doctor," which lie did not seem to re­ sent He is a dried up little man, weighing about 120 pounds, with a typ­ ical Yankee face, small and shrewd gray eyes and an agreeable manneijl A day or two ago this gentleman pass­ ed me, and I said cheerfully: "Hello, lieutenant." Though only five feet from me, and entirely alone, he did not turn his head. It was as dead a cut as I ever received. I said to myself that lie might go to the country that Thes­ eus visited with great advantage. Yes­ terday I Informed the person who in­ troduced us that I was inclined to dis­ like the doctor, who seemed a trifle proud of himself and stuck on his pro-s fession. "What has happened between you?" he asked. "I saluted him, and he did not notice me." "Surely he did not see you. He is the politest little man in the world. What did you call him?" "I saithxTIello, lieutenant.' " "Great Scb<,t! Of course lie did not notice you! Why, he's a captain! You might si and never get him to turn believes in discipline. turn if you called him d War Department issued or&^S that army surgeons shall be addressed by their proper rank, and the captain will not budge for anything less."--New York Press. A Farewell. Months of sunny life and fair Days that flitted--none knew wherof Hours,of pleasure, hoiirs of pain, Hours that ne'er can come again. They are gone, but do you find You can leave them all behind? Come not memories evermore Drifting round you from that shore? Words which lessened every care, Thoughts no other e'en could share, Duties that we, ever'met ," ' With one thought--can you forget? Can you calmly thus efface „'i;' Frorii fifeV tablet every trace - Of the hopes and prayers and tears • We have shared- in all these years? • Can we all these memories smofhe£t And "be hothing to each other?" When for us life's task is o'er . And we. tread its path no more; When, .'mid shadows dimly falling. We shall hear the angiels calling, As ;we calmly stand and wait, Just outside the golden gate-- Then will these dark moments seem But a phantom or a dream. n that dawn of purer light ou will read all things aright, •'alse words will not seem as true-- n that morn--Adieu! Adieu! --Lillian Whiting. Her Fan. Flutter of feathers and perfume of laces, Carved sticks of ivory, daintily white- Plump little Cupids with mischievous faces, Ah, could 1 but read your expression aright! Say, do you know, are you wholly un­ feeling. As you pelt one another with roses so sweet? Do you not know that my heart she is stealing, To trample it under her pearly-shod feet V Almost I think yon exult in the glances Your owner bestows when she seeks to enslave; Know you no enre for wounds from love's lances? Have you no power her victims to save? Swiftly she whirls in the maze of the dances. Slyly yon laugh as you peep from each fold. And thus one more victim of coquetry's fancies „ Questions in vain, his fate is untold. --Lucy Mayo Warner, in Boston Budget. The Kiss. Sweet Phyllis, one bright summer day, Upon a rose a kiss impressed; A butterfly which chanced that way In turn the blushing bud caressed. It stole the kiss and straightway flew Oh, fickle heart! into a glade, And there, upon a violet blue, In ecstasy the kiss it laid. The zephyr sighing through the trees, ' The floweret's tender fragrance sips; The kiss is wafted on the breeze, And finds a home upon my lips. And now, whene'er your face I see, I feel oppressed by weight of debt. To think I've kept your kiss with me So long and not returned it yet. It has deprived me of my bliss, Has caused my throbbing heart to burnj Say but the word and I the kiss With compound -interest will return. --Boston Traveller. At Percy an ordinance was passed mak­ ing it the duty of the marshal to light the street lamps without extra wages. The marshal refuses to light the lamps and another marshal will bo secured by the Council. Peter Sarcander was held in custody in St. Louis on the charge of embezzlement, awaiting the arrival'of Sheriff Learning, of Clinton County. The official arrived there, procured his man, it is said, be­ came intoxicated, the prisoner escaping. Learning was sent to Peoria several months ago after a prisoner, who also escaped. n The annual convocation of the Scottish Rite Masons of the Valley of Peoria, ex­ tending for a radius of seventy-five miles around Peoria, closed with a banquet at­ tended by 200 Masons, after a three days' session. Representatives were present froni Bloomifl'gton, Springfield, Decatur and other towns in"Central Illinois. The Springfield Journal says: "Chas. Fetzer, City Treasurer of Springfield, is a candidate for State Treasurer. In mak­ ing the announcement his friends say that he. is of high standing. This was shown in the city election last spring, when Fetzer was elected City Treasurer by 1,100 votes more than the successful candidate for Mayor received." Idols. An idol's head of baked clay has been found iu the sand dunes near Tangiere, where it was laid bare by the wind. The mouth is large and wide open, the eyes small, the cranium very small, the brow retreating, and the back of the head fiat. It.Is said to have in ex­ traordinary degree a likeness to idols found in Mexico,. particularly to the god called Xipe. Eyes and ears are very little modeled, and on the top of the head is a pointed object. Xipe was a god worshiped on the coast of Mexico with rites of uncommon cruelty; he was also the god of smiths and gold- workers. His human sacrifices were flayed alive. The Tangier idol has been decorated with gold mica. The discovery may revive old theories of a pi-imitive connection between the Phonecians and the Indians of Cen­ tral America. Bicyclists in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, who violate any of the park rules are brought up short in a sur­ prisingly literal and novel way. The park policemen there are experts with the lasso, or riata, as they prefer to call it, and many stories have been told of their skill in lassoing rhnaway horses. It is against the rules for a bi­ cyclist to ride more than ten miles an hour in the park, and if any scorcher Is carried away by his enthusiasm and violates the rule , he is remorselessly roped and brought up like a fractions steer by the cowboy policemen.' And they cau do the trick every time with­ out a single misthrow. ~ Bccatise I Love You, Because I love you, dear, Much sorrow do I bear; Yet joyfully those sorrows meet, And with my heart I hold them sweet-- Because 1 love you, dear, Because I love you, dear, No jeweled crowns I wear; But crowns of crudest thorns to me Are soft as rosiest wreaths could be-- Because I love you,.dear, Because I love you, dear, I tread the darkness here; But sweet flowers blossom in the snow, And -loveliest lights in darkness glow, Because I love you, dear, --Frank L. Stanton, in Atlanta Consti. tution. a Dorothy. Dorothy gives me a kiss for the asking, Sweeter than ever I've tasted before, Ever in Dorothy's love am I basking, Taking her kisses and asking for more. Dorothy runs down the pathway and meets me. Laughs when I tell her I've missed her all day; T.ifo seems the brighter when Dorothy greets me In such .a charming young womanly way. Dorothy sits in my lap in the gloaming, Tells me she loves me a bushel or more, Long may it be ere her thoughts turn to roaming- God keep my Dorothy--daughter of four. --Peterson's. 2erceuse. Sleep, little one, with your head on my breast, Blossoms and bees lie a-dreaming; Wrapt in a slumber the bird in her nest Heeds not the moon faintly gleaming. When t>re the silken-winged white butter- fires. Sailed ,through the garden the bright sun to greet? Stirless they rest 'neath the"1 shadowy skies: Sleep thou, my sweet. Sleep, little one, with your cheek velvet red Pressed, like a rose, on iny shoulder. Dim grows that light in the sky overhead, Dim grows the shadows, and colder. Hushed is-the wind on the wooded hill's brown Silence has chained his invisible feet. Heavy with slumber the lithe swallows bow; Sleep thou, my sweet. --Laura G. Askroyd, in the Senate. Eq-.ator al ! pee l <f the Earth. The velocity oi tbs earth at the equa­ tor, due to its rotation on its. axis, is 1,000 miles per>hour, or a mile in 3.® gftcowU*. •